BETTY TRACY

She was born Sept. 19, 1921, in Bridgeport, OH, a daughter of the late Walter R. and Elizabeth L. (Woods) Harding.

She was retired from the former Keller Glove Company and was a member of the First United Methodist Church, both of Martins Ferry.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 64 years, Harry E. Tracy, Sr.; her daughter, Becky Cottello; brothers, Paul, Walter, Lawrence, Sherwood, Frank, Oliver, Leroy and Willard Harding; and sisters, Margaret McCloud, Mildred Lyle, Mary Elizabeth Ghent, Gertrude Moore, Helen Briggs and Etta Helms.

Surviving are her children, Harry (Pat) Tracy, Jr. of Martins Ferry, Dona Jean (Butch) Jones of Manakin Sabot, VA, Joyce (Larry) Lewis of Steubenville, OH, and Connie (Tom) Cottello of Bellaire, OH; 11 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grand children.

Betty’s family would like to thank the staff of the Country Club Retirement Center of Bellaire for their loving care of their Mother.

Betty always told her family that they treated her like a Queen.

Her favorite saying was “I’m going to live to be 100 or die trying.”

Friends will be received at the Heslop Funeral Home, 415 Walnut St., Martins Ferry, OH, Monday, May 29, 2017, from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. and Tuesday, May 30, 2017, from 10 a.m. until time of funeral service at 11 a.m. with the Rev. William O. Webster officiating.

Burial will follow in Weeks Cemetery in Bridgeport, OH.

Condolences may be expressed at www.heslop. com.